Boycott Big Oil? Prepare to give up your lifestyle
(AP) -- Has the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico got you so mad you're ready to quit Big Oil?
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Experts say management failed in BP spill
Before a rapt audience in Science Center D on Tuesday night (Feb. 22), two experts in the science of well blowouts told an inside story about the worst oil spill disaster in United States history -- starting with the catastrophic ...
Environment
Feb 24, 2011
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Underwater mudslides are the biggest threat to offshore drilling, and energy companies aren't ready for them
Like generals planning for the last war, oil company managers and government inspectors tend to believe that because they survived the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, they are ready for all contingencies. Today they ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 11, 2019
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Nesting turtles give clues on oil spill's impact
(AP) -- Nearly hidden by brownish sand, the Kemps ridley sea turtle digging furiously with her back flippers as she carved out a flask-shaped hole to lay her eggs wasn't aware of the excitement she was generating among the ...
Ecology
Jun 1, 2011
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Oil slick concern after ships collide near Mumbai
The Indian coastguard was trying on Monday to contain oil from a badly-listing container ship that collided with another vessel near the city of Mumbai, a defence ministry spokesman said.
Environment
Aug 9, 2010
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Biosurfactants can offer an environmentally friendly solution for tackling oil spills
Can biosurfactants increase microbiological oil degradation in North Sea seawater? An international research team from the universities of Stuttgart und Tübingen, together with the China West Normal University and the University ...
Environment
Jul 21, 2023
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BP deep-cleaning Gulf beaches amid new worries
(AP) -- What's typically a beautiful, quiet stretch of beach in the fall now resembles a construction site. Bulldozers and yellow dump trucks shake the ground; a giant sifting machine spits clean sand out one end, tar balls ...
Environment
Nov 18, 2010
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Bacteria in the world's oceans produce millions of tonnes of hydrocarbons each year
An international team of researchers, led by the University of Cambridge, has estimated the amount of hydrocarbons - the primary ingredient in crude oil - that are produced by a massive population of photosynthetic marine ...
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Oct 5, 2015
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BP to place new containment cap on oil spill
Energy giant BP was expected to begin a new effort Saturday to contain a Gulf of Mexico oil spill by placing a better cap over the gushing well in hopes to stop the flow of oil completely.
Environment
Jul 10, 2010
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Marine bacteria in Canadian Arctic capable of biodegrading diesel and oil
Marine bacteria in the frigid waters of the Canadian Arctic are capable of biodegrading oil and diesel fuel, according to a new study published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a journal of the American Society ...
Environment
Aug 11, 2021
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